Home

Ohio Crop Performance Trials

Weather data summary for the 2015-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide applied)

South Charleston, Ohio - 2011 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio - 2012 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio - 2013 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio - 2014 Seeding

Clover Trials

Red Clover - South Charleston, Ohio - 2013 Seeding

White Clover - South Charleston, Ohio - 2013 Seeding

Grass Trials

Orchardgrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding

Tall Fescue Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2013 Fall Seeding

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2015:

All Yield Trials - PDF for Printing

Alfalfa Yield Trials - Excel

Clover Yield Trials - Excel

Grass Yield Trials - Excel

Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota

2015 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 2:
Summary of Alfalfa Variety Performance in Ohio
Standard Trials - Insecticide applied (values are yield as a percent of the trial average)
South Charleston North Baltimore Wooster Total Avg all
Variety Marketers 2012-15 2014-15 2012-15 2013-15 site-yrs site yrs
4030 Preferred Seed Company 105 3 105
55Q27 Pioneer 103 2 103
55V50 Pioneer 106 104 7 105
55VR06 Pioneer 104 2 104
55H94 Pioneer 94     96 7 95
Ameristand 407TQ Americas Alfalfa 99 12 102
Archer III Americas Alfalfa 100 4 100
BlueJay Blue River Hybrids 100 3 100
Caliber Beck's Hybrids 97 97 99 10 98
Charger Beck's Hybrids 100       4 100
Contender Beck's Hybrids 100 97 6 98
DBX 303 L Doebler's PA Hybrids Inc. 102 3 102
DBX 304 HY Doebler's PA Hybrids Inc. 104 3 104
DBX 305 LH Doebler's PA Hybrids Inc. 97 3 97
DG 4210 Crop Protection Service 101     100 11 100
DKA 3417 RR Dekalb 101 4 101
DKA 4118 RR Dekalb 101 8 101
Enduro Elite The Cisco Companies 97 2 97
Fierce Beck's Hybrids 98 2 98
FSG 403 LR Farm Science Genetics   104   104 5 104
FSG 424 Farm Science Genetics 97 97 5 97
FSG 524 Farm Science Genetics 97 97 5 97
Gunner Croplan Genetics 101 4 101
L-455 HD Legacy Seed 99 98 5 98
Legacy 449 Aph 2 Legacy Seed     99   4 99
Magnitude Farm Science Genetics 101 4 101
Mariner IV Allied Seed 106 103 6 104
Persist II Doeblers PA Hybrids 101 4 101
Persist III Doeblers PA Hybrids 101 106 5 104
PGI 557 Producers Choice 104       8 101
Pluss II Doeblers PA Hybrids 102 4 102
Prolific II Doeblers PA Hybrids 106 3 106
Rebound 6.0 Croplan Genetics 103 4 103
VERNAL Public 94 95 99 92 113 92
WL 354 HQ Crop Protection Service 98 4 98
WL 353 LH Crop Protection Service 103       4 103
Trial Mean Acrosss Years 5.24 4.17 4.86 6.06 -- --
No. site years 4 2 4 3 -- --